Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 339 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (How do you know?): A critical thinker asks “How do you know?”, checks the facts first, listens to both sides, looks for reasons and thinks before deciding. Not critical thinking: believing every rumour, deciding in a hurry, hearing only one side, copying what everyone does, sharing without checking. A new fact can change the answer — a good thinker changes their mind with proof.

1. 1.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) ignores the facts (c) copies what all do (d) changes mind with proof
2. 2.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) shares without checking (d) asks good questions
3. 3.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) shares without checking (c) hears only one side (d) trusts any website
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
5. 5.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “How do you know?”
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) asks good questions (c) trusts any website (d) listens to both sides
7. 7.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “What makes it best?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “Can I buy two?” (d) “Where do I pay?”
8. 8.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) decides in a hurry (c) trusts any website (d) asks “How do you know?”
10. 10.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) flips a coin (c) picks the first idea (d) stops and thinks
12. 12.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
14. 14.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) plan a holiday (c) check with the school (d) believe it at once
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) compares the options (c) shares without checking (d) never asks why
16. 16.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) believes every rumour
19. 19.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) listens to both sides (c) checks the facts first (d) spots missing facts
21. 21.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to stop asking (c) to win every fight (d) to make better choices
22. 22.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
25. 25.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
28. 28.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) argues anyway (b) hides the fact (c) changes their mind (d) gets angry
30. 30.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) asks good questions (c) trusts any website (d) spots missing facts
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
34. 34.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) thinking very fast (c) criticising people (d) clear, fair thinking
36. 36.True or false: “believes every rumour” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) changes mind with proof (c) checks the facts first (d) shares without checking
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
39. 39.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) shares without checking (c) hears only one side (d) checks the facts first
40. 40.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True

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